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Yu-gi-oh! 5Ds after hours
Chapter eighteen: Yusei and friends do Danville
It was a fine enough morning at the Atlas penthouse one day in New Domino City, a suburb of San Francisco, California. As per usual, the guys who lived at the penthouse, Yusei Fudo, Jack Atlas, Crow Hogan and Kalin Kessler, were having breakfast at the dining table. Along with them was Dukey, Kalin's talking dog best friend; as per usual, the talking dog was seated next to Kalin, drinking from a mug of freshly brewed coffee.
At the one end of the table was Akiza Fudo (nee Izinski), the girlfriend-turned-wife of Yusei. Next to the chair that Akiza sat in was a high chair in which Yusei and Akiza's infant son Alphonse sat; Akiza was currently finishing up feeding the baby. "Hey Yusei," Akiza began as she turned to face her husband, "There's something I've been meaning to tell you."
"Is this about the stuffed camel that Crow bought at a yard sale?" Yusei asked.
"No, and as long as Crow keeps it in his and Brianna's room, I couldn't care less about it," Akiza replied. Taking a breath, Akiza said, "I think we ought to look into hiring a nanny."
"But we already have Birdbrain here," Jack remarked as he jerked a thumb at Crow.
"I said nanny, Jack, not ninny," Akiza clarified.
"You both suck," Crow grumbled in an annoyed tone.
"Why do we need a nanny?" Yusei asked.
"Well I could certainly use some help in raising Alphonse," Akiza explained, "And it wouldn't hurt to have an extra set of hands around the penthouse to help with Leo and Luna."
"We can look after ourselves, Akiza," Luna said as she and her older twin brother Leo came walking into the dining room. Sitting down at the table with everyone else, Luna added in a somewhat cocky and self-amused tone, "Well, I can look after myself. Leo here needs to be supervised regularly."
"Actually, Luna," Kalin remarked, "With all due respect, the guys, Crow's girlfriend and I all believe that Leo is the more responsible and well-behaved between the two of you."
"But Leo is the male sibling!" Luna pointed out, "Whenever there are two siblings who are close to each other in terms of age, and one is a boy while the other is a girl, the girl is always the more intelligent, mature and trusted of the pair!"
"What about those twins who we befriended over in Gravity Falls?" Crow asked, "Dipper is way more intelligent, mature and trustworthy than his older twin sister Mable."
"I'd also be willing to say the same thing about the two fourteen-year-old twins who live next door," Jack said, "You know, Ailor and Zack Fisher. Although that's mostly because Ailor's Pokémon have been known to kill people, and as far as I know the girl has yet to do a goddamn thing to rein her Pokémon in."
At that moment, there was a knock at the front door, to which Yusei and the twins responded. When Yusei opened the door, he was surprised to see the two neighbor kids, Ailor and Zack, standing there. Ailor looked the same as she did when she encountered the guys back at the now abandoned Gripling mansion. As for Zack, he had skin as fair as his sister's and hair as blonde and long. Zack wore a red long-sleeved shirt (the sleeve ends hung loosely about the wrists) under a black men's tank-top, black cargo shorts (with red trim and threading), white socks, and red shoes that had black flame patterns on the sides.
"Ah, well if it isn't the Fisher twins," Leo said in a welcoming tone, "Right on time, might I add."
"You invited them over, Leo?" Yusei asked as he allowed the wonder twins to show the Fisher twins into the penthouse.
"Well, Leo invited Zack and I invited Ailor," Luna clarified.
"Sorry if we're a little late," Ailor replied, "But I needed to feed David before we came over."
"David?" Yusei said questioningly.
Taking a pokéball off of her belt, Ailor tossed it up, calling out a shiny Gliscor in the process. Gesturing to the shiny Gliscor, Ailor said, "This is David." Ailor's Gliscor cried out a greeting to Yusei after he was introduced.
"That's the Pokémon that Akiza said crapped in my mouth when it flew overhead that one time!" Jack exclaimed as he got up and walked over. (1)
"You did remember to send Mr. Atlas the apology card for that incident, right?" Zack said when he turned his head to face his twin sister.
"I was supposed to receive an apology card?" Jack remarked aloud.
"…I'll choose to take that as a no," Zack remarked dryly.
"I was going to send it but Myde ate it!" Ailor insisted.
"Myde is Ailor's Empoleon," Luna clarified to Yusei and Jack, as well as Crow and Kalin when they came walking over.
"So why did you kids invite the neighbor kids from next door over?" Kalin asked the wonder twins.
"Leo and Luna told Zack and I that the four of you go to some rather far-off places on the regular basis," Ailor began, "Is that true?"
"All the time," Crow replied in a self-amused tone, "Why do you ask? You two need a lift somewhere?"
"I'd like a lift to Sinnoh so I can put Cynthia in her place," Zack remarked, his tone and expression taking on a somewhat annoyed and bitter hint, "I would like to see how Cynthia does when I send Tsukune out against-"
"No, Zack," Ailor said in an understanding tone, "No. We need a lift to Danville."
"Danville?" Yusei repeated in a mildly confused tone.
"Danville," Ailor repeated in a confirming tone, "You see, I used to belong to a girl scout-esque group called the Fireside Girls. Specifically, I belonged to troop number 46321. Anywho, my old Fireside Girl troop is in need of my help, and the current leader of my old troop, some girl by the name of Isabella, found out that I was the ace of troop 46321 prior to my family and I moving out of Danville. She looked me up and asked me to pitch in."
"And your brother will be coming along, I take it?" Yusei asked.
"Ailor told that girl she talked to over the phone that she'll be getting fourteen helpers for the price of one," Zack explained, "Although it would have been nice if she at least cleared it with me first." (2)
"I know that feel, young man," Jack remarked to the fourteen-year-old boy.
"So, you kids need a trip to Danville, eh?" Crow said to the neighbor kids. Turning to face the other guys, Crow said, "Dudes, I know what we're going to do today!"
"I hate it when Birdbrain says that," Jack thought as he facepalmed.
Later, Yusei's Volkswagen van drove out of a tear that appeared in the fabric of space outside on the sidewalk next to a house in the residential area of Danville. Yusei and the guys all got out of the Volkswagen, followed by Ailor and Zack. Pulling out a small sheet of paper, Ailor checked it and the address of the house they appeared next to right when the tear in the fabric of space vanished. "Yep," Ailor said as she slipped the sheet of paper back into her back pocket, "This is where that Isabella girl lives."
"Well why don't you and your brother head over and knock on the door?" Yusei remarked, "The guys and I will wait right here by the Volkswagen."
"I'm surprised that you sirs are willing to go through so much trouble for the sake of my sister and I," Zack remarked in a mildly amazed tone, "Even though I'm technically only along since my assistance was volunteered."
"Preaching to the choir, here," Jack remarked before Ailor and Zack walked up to the front door of the address Ailor was given. After the female twin knocked on the front door, it was answered by a young girl with fair skin and long black hair. The girl wore a white t-shirt over a pink dress, and she also wore a pink bow in her hair.
"Are you Isabella Garcia-Shapiro?" Ailor asked the girl.
"Yes," the girl replied, "And you would be?"
"I'm Ailor Fisher," Ailor explained, "I talked to you over the phone." Gesturing to Zack, Ailor added, "And this is my younger twin brother Zack."
"Oh!" Isabella exclaimed in mild surprise, "I didn't expect you to get here so quickly!"
"Well the guys who gave us a lift have rather unconventional means of transportation," Zack explained as he stepped to the side so that Isabella could see Yusei, Jack, Crow and Kalin standing outside of the Volkswagen van.
Squinting her eyes, Isabella looked at the guys and the van for a few seconds before returning her attention to Zack. "…Is that a fully-restored Volkswagen van?" Isabella asked, "Cool! Hey, do you think you can get the guys who gave you two a lift to help out as well?"
"It's up to them, but we can ask them if you want," Ailor replied before she led Isabella and Zack back over to the Volkswagen van.
"What's up, kids?" Yusei asked.
"How would you sirs like to help fireside Girl Troop number 46321 with their latest task?" Isabella half-asked half-offered.
"…Huh," Jack remarked to the other guys, "You know, helping some kids' scouting troop with their little scouting things actually sounds rather laid back, compared to the other shenanigans that my friends and I have gotten ourselves into as of late. I don't know about you guys, but I wouldn't mind pitching in."
"Yeah, that sounds nice, I suppose," Yusei agreed. To Isabella, Yusei said, "Your parents know what you're up to, right?"
"Telling my mom what the Fireside Girls and I have planned today was the first thing I did," Isabella replied.
"What do you and the other girls in your troop have planned anyway?" Kalin asked.
"We inducted a new member into our Fireside Girl troop yesterday," Isabella explained as she took out a small photo, "Her name is Heather." Isabella handed the photo to Yusei and the guys so they could see; it was a photo of an Asian girl around the same age as Isabella. She had very fair skin, somewhat long dark brunette hair in a hime cut, and wore a lavender t-shirt over a cream-colored long-sleeved shirt, and a pair of glasses with lavender colored frame. The photo didn't show anything below the waist.
"Well she seems like a nice girl," Yusei remarked as he handed the photo back to Isabella, "Seems to be one of those overly shy girls, in my opinion."
"She is overly shy, sir," Isabella replied with a somewhat concerned look on her face, "The other Fireside Girls and I want Heather to be friends with us, but she's having some trouble coming out of her shell. That's part of why I called Ailor in. I was hoping that, as an older girl who's a veteran of the Fireside Girls, Ailor would be able to help."
"Say no more, young lady," Ailor said in a self-amused tone as she jerked a thumb at her chest, "Just leave everything to your good ol' Ailor-senpai."
"So, tell us, oh-wise-and-knowledgeable Ailor-senpai," Zack remarked in a snarky tone, "What wonders do you have in mind?"
"Shove it, bro," Ailor replied. As the female twin gave some thought to what could be done to help the new Fireside Girl overcome her shyness, two boys came walking over. One had orange-red hair, wore a white and orange stripped shirt, blue shorts, white socks and blue shoes. The other boy had green hair and wore a cream-colored shirt, a pair of purple pants, white socks and black shoes.
"Hey, Isabella," the orange-haired boy greeted in a friendly tone, "Whatcha doin'?"
"Oh, hi Phineas," Isabella replied, "I called in an older girl who was in my Fireside Girl troop before I joined to help me and the other girls."
"'Sup?" Ailor greeted when she waved at the orange-haired boy, apparently named Phineas.
"This is Ailor," Isabella said to Phineas while gesturing to Ailor, "She, her twin brother, and these four guys who gave them a lift here to Danville are going to help the Fireside Girls and I get Heather to come out of her shell and be more confident."
"Isn't Heather the name of the girl who just joined your troop?" Phineas asked.
Nodding once in the affirmative, Isabella explained, "Heather is a really nice and sweet person, but she's got this shyness problem, you know? The girl even said that she's never even been to a petting zoo before!"
"That's terrible," Phineas remarked, "The animals at petting zoos are harmless, friendly, and let pretty much anyone pet them. It's a calm environment that would help anyone break out of their shell." Suddenly, Phineas looked as if struck by inspiration, which was highlighted by him snapping his fingers. Turning to face the other boy, Phineas said, "Ferb, I know what we're going to do today!"
"What do you have planned, little dude?" Crow asked the young orange-haired boy.
"We're going to set up a petting zoo so Isabella and the other Fireside Girls can help Heather come out of her shell," Phineas explained.
"Well that sounds charmingly adorable," Kalin remarked, "I'm guessing that you kids are just going to gather your pets all in someone's backyard and set them up in separate pens to make it look like a petting zoo, huh?"
"Actually, we're going to have to get some bunnies, some Guinea Pigs, a few small chickens, and a goat," Phineas replied as he counted off on his fingers, "Maybe a pony if we can manage to swing it in."
"Ooh, a pony would be perfect, Phineas!" Isabella gushed.
"Oh, you kids and your imagination," Kalin remarked in an amused tone as he waved his hand in a dismissive manner.
"They'll actually do it," a somewhat older female voice called out, "Phineas and Ferb will seriously set up a full-blown petting zoo with all of the animals that Phineas just mentioned." The guys and everyone else saw a teenage girl walk over. She had long light orange hair, and wore a red tank-top, a white shirt, red socks and white shoes. "I'm serious," the teenage girl said, "In fact, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if they also got ahold of a cow, a horse, some pigs, a llama and who knows what else. Heck, they can probably get their hands on a freaking elephant for all I know!" (3)
"Those are some good ideas, Candace!" Phineas remarked as he pointed to the girl.
"You know this girl?" Yusei asked the orange-haired boy while gesturing to the teenage girl.
"Oh, this is Candace," Phineas explained to the guys, "She's me and Ferb's older sister."
"How long do you boys think it will take to get the petting zoo ready?" Isabella asked.
"Well first we have to write up a list of the animals we're going to get," Phineas explained, "Then we'll need to set up pens to hold all of them. We'll also have to get ahold of food for them, not to mention-"
"Young man, relax," Ailor interrupted in a cool, casual tone. Gesturing to herself and Zack, Ailor said, "My brother and I have you covered."
"You do?" Phineas asked in an amazed but curious tone.
"We do?" Zack said in a confused tone.
"Hells yeah," Ailor said to Phineas, "You just worry about finding some place to set up twelve pens of various sizes."
"…Oh no," Zack muttered, knowing full well what his older twin sister had in mind.
Later, Yusei and the guys, along with Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Ailor and Zack all stood in the backyard of Phineas's family where a full-blown petting zoo had been set up; the aforementioned twelve pens were set up, there was a concession stand, a restroom, anything and everything a petting zoo could possibly need, aside from the animals to pet.
"Wow, kid," Ailor remarked to Phineas and Ferb, "You and your brother sure work fast."
"You should see them on their good days," Candace remarked dryly, more to herself than to anyone else in particular.
"Well then, we got the petting zoo set up," Phineas said to the female twin, "Now all you have to do is keep up your end of the bargain."
To her brother, Ailor said, "Alright, let's bring them out, Zack."
"Fine," Zack replied as he and Ailor each took six pokeballs off of their respective belts and tossed all of them into the air, calling out their respective entire parties all at once. Ailor had called out an Empoleon, an Electivire, a Magmortar, an Abomasnow, a Gliscor and a Dialga. Zack had called out an Infernape, a Staraptor, a Lucario, a Roserade, a Garchomp and a Palkia.
"There you go, boys," Ailor said, "What do you think?!"
"What do I think?" Phineas replied in a mildly shocked tone as he took a step back. Unable to further hide his excitement, Phineas nearly exclaimed, "I think that this will be the coolest petting zoo ever!"
"D-d-d-deities," Candace stammered in a shocked tone as she pointed to Dialga and Palkia, "Th-Th-those are deities."
"Preaching to the choir on this one, Candace," Kalin remarked at the side. (4)
"Okay guys, listen up," Ailor said to all of the Pokémon, "We got us an important job today. You see, there's this young girl who, although a nice, kind kid that other kids her age want to be friends with, is rather shy and withdrawn. That's why we've set up this here petting zoo. Your parts in this plan is that you'll be the critters the girl comes here to pet. Sound cool?"
All of Ailor's Pokémon cried out in agreement with the plan, although Zack's Pokémon weren't as enthusiastic about following a plan that wasn't Zack's. Knowing this, Zack said, "It's okay, everyone. We're doing this to help someone in need." Hearing that Zack was on board finally got all of his Pokémon cheering in agreement. Before long, Ailor and Zack had led their respective Pokémon to the various pens, each of them occupying one pen each.
"Well then, now that we have the petting zoo ready, now would be a good time to have Isabella and the Fireside Girls bring Heather over," Yusei remarked.
"Well we still have to set up the both where people can come by to get treats to feed to the- Hey, wait a minute," Phineas said, deviating midsentence as he looked around, "Where's Perry?"
"Perry?" Crow repeated in a mildly confused tone, "Who the fuck is Perry?"
"He's me and Ferb's pet platypus," Phineas explained, "The little guy always seems to wander off at random times each and every day, although he does show up again before it gets too late."
"Speaking of pets that wander off only to return before the day is out," Zack said as he looked to an empty pen in which one of his Pokémon was supposed to be, "Where's Leni?"
…
Perry the platypus entered his secret agent lair and ran to his chair, where he sat down before turning on the monitor to receive his latest mission from Major Monogram. The monitor activated, and the first thing Perry saw was Major Monogram drinking from a mug of coffee. "Mmm," Monogram said as he enjoyed the flavor of his coffee, "Whoever it was that said that Hazelnut creamer covers up all sins had it right on the mon-" Monogram stopped midsentence upon seeing that Perry was already seated; the major even spat out some of his mouthful of coffee in surprise.
"Major, you got hazelnut coffee all over the camera lens," Carl the intern said in a tone that was one part disgusted and nine parts complaining.
"Just get a few paper towels, a spray bottle of glass cleaner and everything will be fine," Monogram said. Carl quickly stepped into the camera's point of view, wiped off the coffee with a paper towel, spritzed the lens with the glass cleaner, then wiped that clean with another paper towel. After Carl walked out of the camera's point of view, Monogram said to the camera, "Sorry about that, Agent P. I wasn't expecting you to show up so quickly."
A picture of Dr. Doofenshmirtz appeared on Perry's monitor in the upper right corner. "Anywho, Dr. Doofenshmirtz is up to some nefarious scheme as per usual. He's been reported buying twelve-thousand jars of creamy peanut butter flavored with honey." After a second of silence, Monogram continued with a mildly confused look on his face, "Umm, we have no damn clue whatsoever what he has planned, but since it's a Doofenshmirtz plan, it cannot be good. Go find out what it is and stop him."
Perry gave Monogram a salute before hopping off of his chair, running over to the wall, grabbing a jet pack, and putting it on before flying out of his secret base. After Perry had left, Monogram could be seen on the monitor looking at his coffee mug. "Hey Carl, do we have any more of that Hazelnut creamer left for the coffee?" Monogram asked, "Because I could go for another mug of joe."
Back in Phineas and Ferb's back yard, Yusei, the guys, Candace, Ailor and Zack watched as Phineas and Ferb led a group of kids into the backyard. Leading the group of kids was a troop of Fireside Girls in their uniforms; Isabella, with new girl Heather next to her, led the group. "Wow, we weren't expecting this many people," Phineas remarked to Isabella.
"Well when people heard that there was an amazing new petting zoo filled with creatures never seen before, they all decided to come," Isabella explained.
"Y-yes," Heather stammered in agreement with Isabella, "There s-s-sure is a lot of p-people."
"Hey Phineas," said one of the Fireside Girls, "Can we take notes on what we see here?"
"Oh my gosh, Gretchen is right girls," Isabella said to the other Fireside Girls, "We still need to earn our Unique Wildlife Study patches!" (5)
"And it will be Heather's first patch!" Gretchen pointed out, leading the other Fireside Girls in a happy cheer. Heather, although clearly looking nervous, still seemed happy.
"Well right this way, ladies," Phineas said as he and Ferb proceeded to lead the Fireside Girls through the Pokémon petting zoo, "The tour will now begin!"
The guys and Candace watched as Phineas and Ferb led the Fireside Girls into the petting zoo, with Ailor and Zack going along to help educate the kids about any particular Pokémon they may ask about. "Ah, nothing cuter than seeing a child getting excited over heading into a petting zoo," Crow remarked. Turning around to face the rest of the group, Crow continued, "What do you all think?"
"Deities," Candace said with a wide-eyed expression, her tone clearly conveying that she was shocked into a kind of stupor, "Deities in my backyard."
"Now you know how I feel," Kalin remarked dryly.
Over at Doofenshmirtz's Evil Incorporated, Perry the platypus crashed through a window and into Doofenshmirtz's lair. The scientist himself, who was standing in front of a manmade bee hive while wearing a bee keeper outfit, turned around out of alarm due to hearing someone break into his lair.
"Perry the platypus!" Doofenshmirtz exclaimed upon seeing his nemesis. Doofenshmirtz reached into his beekeeper outfit and pulled out a remote control that had only a single red button on it. The scientist pressed the button, and a giant cage that resembled a bear-shaped squeeze bottle of honey fell on top of Perry, trapping the semi-aquatic secret agent.
"You are too late to stop me, Perry the platypus," Doofenshmirtz remarked, "But since I have you trapped here, I might as well tell you the backstory of my latest scheme." Turning around, Doofenshmirtz said, "You see, Perry the platypus, I had once tried to get into the beekeeping business. You know, to make my own honey…"
A flashback appeared, showing a younger but still adult Doofenshmirtz standing outside next to a manmade beehive. "I would have made a killing at the farmer's market, you know," the scientist's voice said in a voice over during the flashback, "Anywho, my efforts were thwarted by the greatest challenge any up and coming beekeeper could ever face- BEARS!"
In the flashback, Doofenshmirtz turned around to get something, but when he turned back around, he saw his hive knocked over and a bear eating up all of the honey. The bear turned around, noticed Doofenshmirtz and roared angrily at him, scaring the man off. The flashback then faded, returning everything to the scene in Doofenshmirtz's lair. "So, you see, my latest scheme will make it so that no beekeeper will ever have to deal with bears ever again." The scientist walked over to a machine covered by a white sheet.
"Behold," Doofenshmirtz exclaimed as he pulled the sheet off, revealing a giant laser cannon, the barrel of which resembled a jar of peanut butter with the pointy nozzle of a squeeze bottle, "The peanut butter-inator!" Patting the side of his latest 'inator', Doofenshmirtz said, "You see, with this, I shall cover all the bears in the tri-state area with creamy peanut butter! They will be so busy trying to get the peanut butter out of their fur that they will leave the beekeepers alone! And I made sure to use peanut butter flavored with honey, to make absolute sure that the bears are distracted, because bears love honey!" The scientist then proceeded to laugh evilly.
Perry pinched the space between his eyes in frustration; if he were able to talk, he would have pointed out how ridiculous this plan was. …Well, actually, he would have pointed out how ridiculous most of Doofenshmirtz's plans were. But this one had the unfortunate bonus of being weird and, quite frankly, rather disturbing.
Back at the petting zoo that Phineas and Ferb had set up in their backyard, Isabella, Heather and Gretchen were standing outside of the pen that held Zack's Infernape. "Wow, you don't see one of these every day," Isabella said to Gretchen and Heather. Turning to face Zack, who was with them at the time, Isabella asked, "You have a really cool Infernape. What's his name?"
"Her name is Chi-Chi," Zack explained, pointing out his Infernape's actual gender
"Oh, it's a girl Infernape?" Gretchen replied in an amazed tone, "That's even cooler! The girls are incredibly rare compared to the boys!" (6) The bespectacled Fireside Girl proceeded to take out a camera and take a picture of Chi-Chi the Infernape.
"My Lucario Leni is also a girl," Zack pointed out to the Fireside Girls, "And she would have been in the pen next to the one that Chi-Chi is in. But for some odd reason, Leni wandered off before the petting zoo was opened."
"Wow, just like Perry," Isabella remarked in a mildly amused tone. As the girls and Zack talked, Yusei and the guys came walking up.
"So, girls, how's it going?" Yusei asked.
"The p-petting zoo is really n-n-nice," Heather stammered nervously, "I-I-I think that-EEP!" The shy Fireside Girl let out a nervous cry before jumping to hide behind Isabella. The other two Fireside Girls, Zack and the guys watched as Phineas walked by talking to one of the random kids that showed up for the petting zoo. It was a boy around the same age as Phineas, Ferb and all of their friends; a fair skinned boy about as tall as Ferb, the boy had long, spiky yellow-blonde hair, blue eyes, wore a yellow long-sleeved shirt under an orange t-shirt, orange cargo shorts, and black boy's sandals.
After Phineas and the boy that he was talking to walked past, Heather stammered out of nervous fright, "I-I-is he gone?"
"Who, you mean the boy talking to Phineas?" Isabella asked, "Why do you ask? Has he been picking on you?"
"Oh no, not at all," Heather replied, "Umm, oh, how do I put this…Umm, Isabella, do you know what it's like to have your heart stolen by a boy?"
"You're preaching to the choir on that one, girl," Isabella said, "Seriously, I could go on about Wait a minute!" Deviating midsentence, Isabella turned to face the new Fireside Girl and said, "Heather, do you have a crush on that blonde boy that was with Phineas?"
"You mean Duncan?" Heather replied. Sighing in a resident tone, Heather said, "Yes. I do like him. As in, like him like him."
"This is the greatest!" Isabella squealed excitedly. Grabbing Heather by her right hand, Isabella said, "Come on, Heather! Let's go get you together with whatever that boy's name is!"
"Wait!" Heather cried out in worried alarm as she was dragged off by Isabella, who was being assisted by Gretchen. As the girls wandered off, Zack turned to face Yusei and the other guys.
"The last time that Ailor brought home a boy that she was interested in, Mr. Popo killed that boy," Zack said to the guys.
"Mr. Popo?" Yusei repeated in a confused tone.
"Ailor's Magmortar," Zack explained, "Of course, I was able to piece together that Mr. Popo killed that boy because he took a cookie that Mr. Popo wanted."
To the other guys, Jack said, "Boys, I'm starting to think that setting up a petting zoo consisting of Pokémon, some of which have killed human beings before, is a very terrible idea." (7)
"Hey, it was my sister's idea to use our Pokémon as the creatures in the petting zoo," Zack defended.
Back at Doofenshmirtz's lair, the scientist himself was preparing to activate his latest -Inator device. Seeing Perry struggle to get out of the trap, Doofenshmirtz laughed evilly. "There is no hope to escape, Perry the platypus," Doofenshmirtz said, "The bars of that cage are made up of one-hundred percent pure-"
Doofenshmirtz was cut off when a bluish-colored sphere of energy blasted into the one side of the cage's door, busting it open and allowing Perry to escape. "But how?!" Doofenshmirtz nearly exclaimed out of shock as he and Perry turned to see, of all things, a Lucario standing about a dozen feet away from them. "A Lucario?" Doofenshmirtz said in a confused tone as he scratched the side of his head, further highlighting his confusion. Without missing a beat, the Lucario put on a fedora that looked identical to the one Perry wore, save for the fact that it was sized to fit a creature much larger than a platypus.
Gasping in shock now that he recognized the latest arrival onto the scene, Doofenshmirtz exclaimed, "Leni the Lucario?! What's someone from your sector doing here?! Pokémon agents aren't reported to have any work anywhere near the tri-state area!"
Leni the Lucario cast an Aura Sphere attack at Doofenshmirtz's latest -Inator, smashing it to smithereens. "No! My peanut butter-inator!" Doofenshmirtz cried out as he threw his arms up into the air. The machine having been destroyed caused a number of other smaller devices in the lair to combust on their own, prompting Perry and Leni to run out of the lair for their own safety. "Curse you, Perry the platypus!" Doofenshmirtz cried out as his lair started to fill up with smoke from all of the breaking devices, "And curse you, Leni the Lucario!"
Once the two agents were safely outside of Doofenshmirtz's lair, Perry walked over to where Leni had a briefcase on the ground. Opening it, Leni revealed a mini monitor, on which the face of her direct superior in the organization she belonged to appeared. It was Professor Birch from the Hoenn region, but he was dressed exactly like Major Monogram.
"Ah, there you are, Agent L," Birch said to Leni, "Sorry if I look a bit disheveled. You see, I was being chased. I assumed it was a Pokémon chasing after me, but it was just my own wife. Well anywho, how did the mission go to take down that Doofenshmirtz fellow?" In response, Leni gave the professor slash secret agency boss a thumbs-up (or the Lucario version of one). "Great work, Agent L," Birch replied, "You just saved thousands of peanut butter sandwiches all over the Hoenn region from suffering a terrible fate."
Leni then moved to the side somewhat, allowing for Birch to see Perry. "…Oh yeah, I did hear rumors that agents from the O.W.C.A were operating in the area your mission was in," Birch remarked, "I suppose I need to meet with Major Monogram about this. Either way, you did excellent work, Agent L. Dismissed." Both Birch and Leni shot each other a salute before the mini-monitor in the suitcase turned off.
Closing the suitcase, Leni collected it and got up. Turning to face Perry, Leni gave him a nod of acknowledgement, which the semi-aquatic creature returned in kind. The two secret agents then took off, going their separate ways. Little did they know that they would meet again, as they both had the same destination…
Back at the petting zoo in Phineas and Ferb's backyard, Heather was standing next to Duncan as the two looked at the pen in which Zack's Garchomp stood. "…Huh," Duncan said as he looked at the little sign affixed to the outside of the pen, "It says here that you can tell if a Garchomp is male or female by taking a look at the fin on its back. Male Garchomp have a notch in their fin while female Garchomp lack fin notches."
Seeing a notch in the fin on Zack's Garchomp's back, Heather remarked in a somewhat nervous tone, "Well, I guess this Garchomp is a boy, then." Looking at Heather, Zack's Garchomp walked up to the edge of the pen he was in. Bending down to be at Heather's level, the pseudo legendary Pokémon nuzzled against the shy Fireside Girl's face, making her giggle.
"Wow, he seems to like you," Duncan remarked, "You must be pretty awesome if random creatures trust you right off the bat like that."
"Y-you think I'm awesome?" Heather asked, stammering nervously
"Well why not?" Duncan replied, prompting another giggle out of Heather. As the two kids were talking outside of the Garchomp's pen, Yusei, the guys, Zack and Isabella were watching.
"This is so sweet," Kalin remarked, "I always love happy endings like this."
"The day's not over yet, sirs," Phineas said as he came walking up carrying a tray of cupcakes, "The Fireside girls are being really nice in helping Heather break out of her shy shell, so I figured that I make cupcakes for them. I made more than I anticipated, so I'm handing them out to whoever wants one." Holding the tray with his left hand, Phineas picked up a cupcake and handed it to Isabella while saying, "Here you go."
"Aww, thanks," Isabella replied as she received the cupcake from Phineas. At the insistence of Phineas, the others proceeded to grab cupcakes, leaving only one left on the tray.
"Mmm, that was good," Yusei remarked to Phineas, "And you're really the one who made them?"
"Well I used a recipe from my mom's cookbook," Phineas admitted, "But everything else I did myself."
"Well young man, I'd certainly say that your efforts would do your mother proud," Kalin said, drawing a nod of agreement from Yusei.
"Aww, thanks," Phineas replied. As the group talked, Ailor's Magmortar Mr. Popo saw the last cupcake on the tray and was instantly mesmerized by it, deciding right there and then that he would be having that cupcake. However, to Mr. Popo's annoyance, Yusei took and ate the cupcake. This angered the Magmortar so much that he used Psychic to levitate the closest large object that his psychic powers could locate, a car parked in a parking lot next door to the house where Phineas and Ferb lived, and flung said object at Yusei. The car landed right on top of Yusei, crushing him to death. (8)
"My goodness!" Isabella exclaimed, "Is Mr. Fudo going to be okay?!"
Jack leaned to his side and noticed the small pool of blood trickling out from underneath the car. "Yeah, I don't think that Yusei is going to be able to walk this off anytime soon," Jack remarked as he straightened himself out.
Hearing a cry sound out from over where his sister's Magmortar stood, Zack turned to face that direction. Seeing Magmortar apparently celebrating, Zack sighed and said, "Yup, Mr. Popo did it again. I'm guessing that he probably wanted the last cupcake, and upon seeing Mr. Fudo take it, he must have been unable to resist the urge to commit petty murder." After Zack finished his explanation, his Lucario walked in out of nowhere. Noticing that his Lucario had finally come back, Zack said, "Oh, there you are, Leni."
After that, Perry, in his mindless-pet mode, walked in out of nowhere and made his customary chittering noise, getting his owner's attention. "Oh, there you are, Perry," Phineas remarked.
END, CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Author's Notes:
(1) …Well it would be rather hard to forget if something like that happened to you.
(2) Ailor, plus all six of her Pokémon, plus Zack, plus all six of his Pokémon, equals fourteen.
(3) As she is talking about Phineas and Ferb, she's not unjustified in believing this.
(4) Although Kalin was happy that someone finally agreed with him that two young teens each owning a deity was a pertinent subject that needed to be addressed.
(5) Due to the nature of Fireside Girls patches on the show, I actually had to look up a list of all the different kinds of patches just to make sure that the patch that I came up with for this chapter wasn't already a patch.
(6) As a member of an evolutionary family of starter pokemon, Infernape has a gender ratio of eighty-seven-point five percent males to twelve-point five percent females.
(7) Ailor's Sinnoh pokemon have killed before. And they will kill again.
(8) ...What did I tell you?
Well there's chapter eighteen done and over with. The Pokémon that appeared in this chapter, as well as various chapters that appeared beforehand, are based off of Pokémon that my sister and I have on our games in real life, nicknames included. Now that I have this chapter out of the way, I can get to work brainstorming ideas for what direction I can take chapter nineteen in. And when that chapter is out of the way, I can do chapter twenty, which will be another milestone chapter in which the guys don't visit any show in particular.
Here's hoping that the next chapter won't DESTROY US ALL!